Katatonica

One of the best places I have ever cruised actually. I take it you haven't? There are 4 big marinas in Phuket, a couple in Krabi, several yacht specialising shipyards, including in Bangkok, many international companies in the marine industry with offices in Phuket and Ocean Marina, Jomtien and smack bang on the route from the Med to the rest of SE Asia, Australia, New Zealand, etc. Hundreds of superyachts base themselves in Thai waters already. Not so much in the Gulf but Samui etc and the northern islands have a lot of traffic.

The one mentioned is sitting on the bottom, melting land-based ice will rapidly raise sea levels. So when the sea-ice has receded to shallower depths we’re going to see a big acceleration in sea-level rise. Not too hard to grasp really.

Not that funny if read properly. He is proposing economic responses to a Greenpeace study.

Quite aware of that, thanks, can see it and the landslide from my house.

Pretty sure the side of that hill is natural woodland all the way to the top. Something built at the top may have affected drainage, like a car park, can’t see anything in the pictures.

Mark Twain I believe.

Kata is adjacent to Karon and in Karon subdistrict so could be the same landslide, not sure, I’m not in the country now. My wife just told me there are 4 fatalities in Kata. Lots of sirens all morning.

Film of a phone that was sent to me, no idea why it’s playing the Doors.. WhatsApp Video 2024-08-23 at 11.04.39.mp4

There’s also a big landslide from Big Buddha down to Kata, with a house demolished. The car park on Kata Beach, newly removated, has been destroyed too, along with lots of mature trees along the beachfront. Not sure how much is left of the beachfront road either.

Syphoned a python apparently.

We saw a baby King Cobra outside our downstairs bedroom a couple of years ago, did all we could to block the door etc. Kept finding them, then found about 6 broken eggshells in a storage box in the en suite bathroom/laundry. We were trying to keep them out but they started off inside, so we were stopping them getting out.. Mother must have gone in and left through the shower drain. I stood on one as I carried a load of wet washing outside to dry.

Easier said than done, we have a problem pack, they’ve torn people’s pets to pieces, one had just been brought over from Europe, really tragic., they chase motorbikes and pedestrians, etc, total nightmare. The owner refuses to keep then in as he says he owns his house so has the right to have free-roaming dogs, he doesn’t get that he is supposed to take them for a walk himself. The Police, council etc seem to agree with him unfortunately, had many complaints.

What a bizarre comment. I bought a high end AMG with different tyre profiles once, not at all obvious. The differential was only driving one rear wheel. That’s how diffs work, maybe you should read up on it.